The Celia Woodstock Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (March 3, 1951)

“The Celia Woodstock Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 3, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called in to look into the disappearance of Celia Woodstock, a young woman who vanished a week earlier. Her husband, Captain Woodstock, initially hired a private detective who lost track of her, and now fears she may have come to harm. Dollar begins gathering details about Celia's activities and relationships to uncover what happened to her.

Bridgeport, Connecticut and Long Island Sound area, including the Woodstock home on the shore and offices in the town of Bridgeport

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Captain Lyle Woodstock, Celia Woodstock, David Slater, Dr. Charles Masters, Janet Square, Spray

Listen for: The revelation of Celia's secret meetings with a doctor, her withdrawal of two thousand dollars from the bank, a mysterious phone call arranging a meeting with someone named Spray, and the violent confrontation that leaves Dollar locked in a room

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.